Windshield wipers could be wired into a
car's existing alarms system so that, when
armed, a strong current is run through the
to opposing sides of the wiper. This would
hopefully prevent me from having to litter
the damn workout club/ army recruiter/
Hair salon flyers that have accumulated
under my wiper blades whilst i was
working/ shopping.

Plus, this would be really fun to watch. I
work retail in a building with all windows
for the front wall. I'm forced to watch
these irksome fools indiscriminately litter
the entire parking lot with useless flyers
that inevitably end up on the ground.
hopefully a few taser powered shocks
would deter them from this ineffective
advertising ploy.

How about a random combination
depending on manufacturer. That way a
<now> skiddish advertser who has
been maced by a honda will approach
slowly until he gets inside the mace
peremiter, then approach with
confidence until the VW levels him with
electro-wipers.

but pepper spray or mace would be hell
for innocent bystanders downwind.

Not that I have much sympathy for them, but the traffic cops ain't got be too happy with this one.

More importantly, I object to this on the grounds that this will most likely impact kids playing on or around cars. (And if you weren't the kind of kid who played on or around cars, I guess you didn't grow up the same place I did.)

I don't approve of littering, but tasing windshield spammers is a punishment that does not fit the crime, and way too likely to hurt the innocent.

One problem is that gloves are available to solicitors, not just the police. Hence, we should outlaw gloves. Pastry.

// law that requires traffic cops and parking enforcement officers to send units to the address on the spammer's droppings //

This would not work. A competitor or angry patron could easily drop solicitations for their target to incite legal trouble. The only way to address the problem is to outlaw these solicitations and catch any perpetrators in the act.

I am guessing the Man/Woman whos job it is to place the flyer under your wiper might be a little down on thier luck. Why punish somebody for actually working? Is it that hard to take the paper off the car and toss it?

//Why punish somebody for actually working?//
Sure it might be someone's job to hand out useless papers but that's their choice to keep that job and in this case to disobey the law by spamming. If it is someone's job to boost cars does that mean it should be accepted and not punished? (+)

There is a no soliciting sign atthe entrance to the shopping center where i work, and regardless of that, i still have to scrap someone elses spam from my windshield. Not onlyisit extremely irritating,but eventually, depending on how aggressive the advertiser is, it deteroriates my wiper blades. I agree that what we need is legislation outlawing this, but in the meantime, im wiring up my wiperblades and watching with excitement.

..."administering a Noxious Thing" is still a criminal offence under English Law (albeit a rather old one!).The last bloke who tried to defend his car in this way fell foul of it.Be vewry, vewry careful!

// I object to this on the grounds that
this will most likely impact kids playing
on or around cars.//

I've thougt about this. How about addng
a switch so that the wipers only recieve
current when lifted. this would keep
innocent children who are rolling upon
and playing near *my* car from being
shocked.

or possibly make this an additional
button on the alarm fob. that way when
you're at home and dont have to worry
about your windsheld being plastered
by ads, you can leave the alarm armed,
but the tasers not. when you go to the
local mega-mart, engage the tasers and
harm anyone who feels it nessicary to
touch your wipers, children or not. I
dont want a gaggle of unsupervsed
children rolling all over my car anyway.
screw 'em.